After acquiring the knowledge of Medical Semiology in the first semester, which is mandatory for the training of any doctor, in the second semester the notions taught in the Internal Medicine discipline are adapted to the needs of the future dental practitioner, who is faced with the situation of dealing with the dental diseases of patients with general pathology often extremely complex. 

Thus, the most important objective of the discipline is the acquisition by the students of a theoretical knowledge, as well as practical skills that will allow tomorrow's dentist to select from the outset the patient at medical risk and make a correct decision regarding the performance or postponement of a dental operation with haemorrhagic, infectious, haemodynamic risk, etc. Also, future practicing dentists may be confronted - not infrequently - with borderline situations, so acquiring the necessary skills to assess an emergency case occurring ante- or post-procedurally and its correct management is another primary objective of the Internal Medicine discipline. 

The discipline of Internal Medicine is a specialist discipline, mandatory for a student to practice as a dentist. The knowledge, practical skills and attitudes learnt in this discipline form the basis for the correct assessment and management of the general pathology patient, with direct decision-making implications for the resolution of dental problems of patients at medical risk. 

The student who has completed this discipline is expected to become a practitioner with a correct orientation to the medical conditions, severity and current and evolving risk status of a patient and subsequently apply correct patient management according to specific criteria.